Method of providing user interface of device and device including the user interface

• US 9,904,444 B2
• Filed: 05/22/2014
• Issued: 02/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Cho, Chi-hyun, Eo, Kil-su
• Primary Examiner(s): Choi, David
• Application Number:
  US14/285,134
• Publication Number:
  US 20150033159A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,377 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence

Abstract

A device which provides a user interface through which a user further easily selects an object and a method of providing the user interface are provided. The device includes at least one sensor which senses a motion of the device, a processor which compares a motion value determined by using the sensor with a preset threshold value and determines a movement value of the object based on a result of the comparing, and an Input/Output (I/O) unit which displays the object, wherein the object moves according to the movement value of the object.

Claims

1. A device configured to display an object for executing a preset operation according to a touch input of a user, the device comprising:

at least one sensor configured to sense a motion of the device;

a processor configured to compare a motion value determined via the sensor with a preset threshold value and to determine a movement value of the object based on a result of the comparison; and

an Input/Output (I/O) unit configured to display the object,

wherein the processor is further configured to;

change a position of the object according to the movement value of the object, and

in response to the changed position of the object moving out of a display area of the I/O unit, change a size of the object based on the movement value of the object.

2. The device of claim 1,

wherein the I/O unit senses whether a body part of the user approaches within a preset distance from the I/O unit, and

wherein if the I/O unit senses that the body part of the user approaches within the preset distance from the I/O unit, the processor determines the movement value of the object.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the movement value is used to move the object in a direction opposite to a direction of the motion of the device sensed by the sensor.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor determines the movement value of the object except for a perpendicular movement value of a direction perpendicular to a plane comprising the I/O unit among movement values determined by the sensor.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor determines a motion vector from the motion value determined by the sensor and determines a reverse value of the motion vector as the movement value of the object.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the object comprises at least one of an icon configured to execute a program, a text button configured to input text, a frame configured to input writing, an application execution screen, a menu select button, and an input button configured to control at least one of a widget and a program.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein if a position in which the object is displayed moves out of the display area of the I/O unit based on the movement value of the object, the processor changes the size of the object based on the movement value of the object.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein if the motion value determined by the sensor is greater than or equal to the preset threshold value, the processor determines the movement value of the object.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein the I/O unit displays the object such that at least one of a position and a size of the object changes according to the movement value of the object.

10. The device of claim 2, wherein the processor moves the object at a location on the device corresponding to a location of the sensed body part of the user.

11. A method of providing a user interface through a device, the method comprising:

displaying an object for executing a preset operation of the device on an Input/Output (I/O) unit of the device;

sensing a motion of the device via a sensor of the device;

comparing a motion value determined via the sensor with a preset threshold value;

determining a movement value of the object based on a result of the comparison;

changing a position of the object according to the movement value of the object; and

in response to the changed position of the object moving out of a display area of the I/O unit, changing a size of the object based on the movement value of the object.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the changing of the position in which the object is displayed comprises:

comparing a motion value determined by the sensor with a preset threshold value and determining a movement value corresponding to the determined motion value based on the comparison result; and

moving the position in which the object is displayed, based on the movement value.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

sensing whether a body part of a user approaches within a preset distance from the I/O unit,

wherein if the body part of the user is sensed as approaching within the preset distance from the I/O unit, the movement value of the object is determined.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the movement value is used to move the object in a direction opposite to a direction of the motion of the device sensed by the sensor.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the movement value of the object is determined except a perpendicular movement value of a direction perpendicular to a plane comprising the I/O unit among movement values sensed by the sensor.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein a motion vector is determined from the motion value determined by the sensor, and a reverse value of the motion vector is determined as the movement value of the object.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein if the motion value determined by the sensor is greater than or equal to the preset threshold value, the movement value of the object is determined.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the object comprises at least one of an icon configured to execute a program, a text button configured to input text, a frame configured to input writing, an application execution screen, a menu select button, and an input button configured to control a widget and a program.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein if a position in which the object is displayed leaves the display area of the I/O unit, the size of the object is changed based on the motion of the device.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method of claim 11.